"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

we begin with noon with developing news from paris france where 12 people were killed today in a terror attack. now the search is on for the masked gunman that targeted the offices of a satirical newspaper. it happened at a weekly newspaper known for its satirical cartoons they call is an act of blatant terrorism. and have heightened security to its highest level. president obama has offered the u.s.'s help and offered support. lets get the latest from karen travers in washington. >> reporter: france is on high alert after a horrific terror attack that left a dozen dead. at noon local time, three masked

gunman stormed the offices of the satirical magazine. they could hear them shouting god is great in arabic they heard multiple gunshots as if we were in a state of war. it includes staffers and police officials authorities have launched a search for the suspects that escaped in vehicles. >> they did a shooting and left and got in a get away vehicle and escaped. >> french president rushed to the scene of the attack and called it an act of exceptional bar barbaric. the cover featured a spoof of the prophet muhammad.

the newspaper's editor was killed today and they spoke to abc news about their provocative cartoons. >> we can't live in a place without freedom of speech. we'd have to live like a rat. >> president obama says that the u.s. stands firmly with france and will provide any assistance necessary to bring the suspects to justice. >> our coverage of the terror attack in paris continues on 6abc.com. we have a collection of photos from the chaotic scene plus video that captured the sounds of the attack as people fled for their lives. follow the ongoing updates at 6abc.com. back here be are following a developing story in camden county where a tractor trailer was involved in a crash with several cars on the 42 freeway in bellmawr chopper 6 was over the scene near route 295, over the browning road overpass

police arrived at 3:45 this morning and there are reports of minor injuries and state police are investigating. turning to the forecast we remain in a deep freeze with some of the coldest temperatures this winter hitting us and hitting us pretty hard. this morning in center city people were bundled up in hats and scarves and gloves. tonight it could be a dangerous situation lets look at sky 6 hd at a cold outlook here, there is the ben franklin bridge and parts of penn's landing. lets get the forecast now from david murphy at the "action news" big board. >> you can see in that camera it's jiggling a bit and winds are picking up. you have two enemies, one is the temperature and the second is the wind and maybe a snow shower. we don't have a lot going on but back into lancaster county a few streaks of gray from the west, these are light snow showers and

occasionally this afternoon into the dinner hour, we see a slightly heavier burst of snow and if that happens slow it down. overall clouds and sunny breaks you can see the wind is coursing down from the northwest and temperatures which stayed pretty cool with the snow falling yesterday are still chilly 23 in philadelphia and 22 in wilmington and 20 in allentown and the winds picking up these are the latest sustained winds and gusts higher than these numbers a sustained wind out of the west in philadelphia pretty healthy numbers everywhere else, this morning during the broadcast we had numbers in the low teens and upper single digits in the suburbs, now lancaster is 1 and 4 in reading and 8 in philadelphia. and 10 in millville. if this is the worst of what we would see today. it would be pretty big weather

news but it will get worse tonight. the temperatures drop after dark and the winds get stronger with gusts of 35 miles per hour and a windchill advisory is posted by the weather service starting at 7:00 and going into 9:00 tomorrow morning, it will feel between 5 below zero to perhaps 15 degrees below 0. and worse than that in the poconos if are you dressing the kids for school tomorrow morning we are looking at brutal cold i am putting all the gear on them, cover up as much skin as you can when the wind is roaring and the windchills are as severe as tonight and tomorrow morning. we'll look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up to when this changes for the better. >> that would be good news, lets switch to walter perez live on independence hall with how people are coping with the cold today. walter i know you hate this weather.

>> reporter: oh man sara, it is brutal out here and absolutely freezing, it was a dicey commute and once the sun came out that went a long way in helping the road salt do its job and there are still icy spots where people park along the road here, there is a good reason for that, it's really really cold. >> not like a normal cold day it's really freezing with that comes the ritual that so many of us go through when the mercury starts to dip. >> a long sleeve shirt and a long sleeve sweater and leotards under my slacks and scarf and gloves and a heavy jacket. with temperatures in the 20s, every layer counts. like joanne randal, of west philadelphia. >> i put on my long johns i work outside, very to stay warm.

>> there are people that like this weather, juan valdez says the snow is refreshing and removing the snow is a workout. >> blood is pumping, i like it. >> that is not the popular perspective. >> i don't like it. brr. >> it is like brr, i have to tell you by in large the roads are in good shape remain vigilant and look for the slick spots and think tomorrow is colder and spring is still more than 10 weeks away. reporting live from independence mall walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> check out the new features we added to the storm tracker 6 happen you can report the weather, add your own photo and report the conditions, or post a digital postcard select your favorite weather pic and share it with family and friends.

overseas indonesia search and rescue chief says that divers have spotted the tail of the missing air asia plane in the java sea, the discovery comes 11 days after flight 8501 disappeared from radar with 162 people on board and the find is particularly important because the all important black boxes are located in the aircraft's tail. 40 bodies are found near the crash site so far. a police pursuit of a stolen car ended in a violent crash that shut down a busy south jersey highway this morning. it happened at 1:00 a.m. at route 130 south? burlington. police say that two vehicles collided and it took down two light poles and it began in florence after police there spotted a stolen car out of new york, route 130 south was shut

down in that area for nearly five hours the suspect in the stolen car and the driver of the other vehicle both suffered minor injuries. a man surrendered peacefully after a standoff in upper moreland county. at appiville avenue and davis view road. it was a call for a possible suicidal person with weapons. there were no injuries or shots fired, police say that the man they took into custody is being taken for a mental evaluation. record crowds are expected in philadelphia for the large of the martin luther king celebration in the country in less than two weeks. mayor nutter announced the king day of service on january 19th he was joined by president and founder jared burnstein, it will highlight the voting rights act and they honored talk radio

station 900, with the active citizenship award. still to come here on "action news" at noon a robbery turns violence in california, it was all caught on surveillance and the suspect is linked to other attacks. >> and cosby's tv wife speaks out about the sex abuse claims against the comedian and the call to action volunteers are standing by to help you with any issue you may encounter the phone number is on your screen. give them a call.

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los angeles police are looking for a particularly vicious robbers caught by surveillance cameras, he is linked to similar attacks since november. he follows women on to elevators and attacks them and takes their purses one victim was sexually assaulted. two young sisters face charges for the death of their brother. they are charged with premeditated murder for shooting their 16-year-old brother while he slept. it was in retaliation for the brother beating up the girls and the parents were charged with child neglect, they were out of

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audio technology firm, monster is using beatz technology they say they invented the technology behind the headphones and accusing them of fraud in concealing the technology in beatz headphones. it's a check for a billion dollars here but the ex-wife of a tycoon rejected the settlement

offer to end their divorce. he build continental resources that led the oil field in north dakota. he held positions at the company and is holding out for more. >> mcdonald's is apologizing after people found plastic and a human tooth in their food in japan. they pointed to an overall quality control problem, there was plastic in an is cream sundae and a tooth in fries and plastic in an mcmuffin. the company called the incidents isolated and is working to find out how the items got into the food. health check this noon, we are getting a better picture of the toll that binge drinking can take 3 of 100 adults died of

alcohol poisoning it means four or more drinks at one time for a woman and five drifrks for a man. >> there is good news for women going through fertility procedures. a review of 12 years of data says that complications are rare and the drug is used to stimulate the ovaries. there were 16 deaths linked to that but that was for more than a million attempts used during the course of the study. lets check in with alicia vitarelli live in the newsroom with a look ahead. >> hey guys, a retail chain made an announcement that it is suddenly closing hundreds of stores and a lot of shock being caused around this today. find out why the decision is causing outrage and what is means for employees in our area, from gps devices to putting an

ad in the paper and looking at things you used to pay for and can now get for free. don't forget you can take us with you on the go for free if you have not downloaded the 6 abc news app watch us live on your smart phone or tablet. >> thank you. >> the accuweather forecast is coming up. not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem that doesn't require regular blood monitoring. so jim's not tied to that monitoring routine. gps: proceed to the designated route.

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ask your doctor about xarelto®. once-a-day xarelto® means no regular blood monitoring, no known dietary restrictions. for information and savings options, download the xarelto® patient center app call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com. meteorologist david murphy is here now with a closer look at the plummeting temperatures. the wind is picking up too and it's like you have two things fighting you today. stormtracker 6 live double scan, we are precipitation free for the most part. i want to take a quick look at lancaster county and parts of chester county and oxford pennsylvania a couple of light snow showers from the northwest

somebody out there sees something that is more pronounced than this. and if that happens you will want to slow it down if there is a quick coating on road surfaces, we are looking at mainly sunny skies and into the early afternoon in the immediate region, the action cam is out there. taking pictures of buffalo on a cold winter's afternoon the wind is running west northwest at 25 miles per hour. that is socking a punch at us 20 in allentown and 25 in wildwood. that will be the story not only the rest of today but into tomorrow as well. feels like 8 as you head out in philadelphia 4 in allentown 9 in sea isle city. a word to the wise, if are you behind the wheel or frankly on foot this afternoon and this evening there is a possibility of icy patches out there for

surfaces that weren't treated after the snow. we have not gone anywhere near the freezing mark. karen rogers was finding icy patches on the sides of major highways too. be careful out there. future tracker 6 handling the precipitation the rest of the way it doesn't look like a lot. every now and then a snow shower could pop through and if it's a heavier one slow it down just in case. by 8:00 that looks to be over. allentown a high of 24 and snow shower can't be ruled out and the bigger story is how it feels and in allentown dropping to the freezing mark by dinner time or below zero i should say. a snow shower cannot be ruled out but the big story is the windchill and how it feels you might get to the teens windchill wise and it's uncomfortable. winds are increasing the rest of

the way this afternoon and into the evening, gusting at 35 miles per hour and tonight we get blustery winds and the overnight low drops to 8 degrees by dawn tomorrow and bitter overnight. future tracker 6 shows you at 2:30 until dinner time we start to get a lot of negative numbers, windchills, down to 2 by dinner time and the 11:00 period when it's cecily tynan's time here, she will have severe windchill numbers to show you and i'll have the same tomorrow morning at 4:30, with negative below 0 temperatures across the land and that doesn't end until 9:00 tomorrow morning. really brutal cold. feeling worse than that, tomorrow a bitter cold and high of 22 degrees, windchills if the afternoon tomorrow in the single digits for a good portion of the time. not as harsh tomorrow afternoon

35 and back to the 20s on saturday and mid-30s on sunday and this time the warm-up means business and we'll be back up to 40 both days. and a chance of light precipitation monand tuesday. it's a job of mammoth proportions, atomic betty that is her name she lives at the reptile park in somersby. she weighs 783 pounds but she must have been watching her figure because she is now 284 pounds that is a healthy weight for a python of his size. and it's another holiday baggage nightmare at one of the nation's most popular airports.

"action news" at 12:30 continues. hello again here are some of the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30, bitter cold settles in at 12:30 and it gets down to the single digits tonight and at least 12 people are dead in a shocking terror attack against a

satirical newspaper in paris france. and we begin this half hour with a developing story an accident that shut down a section of route 42 in camden county. chad pradelli is live at the scene with the very latest. >> reporter: hey rick, we are here on browning road on the top of route 42 and the cleanup here continues crews right now are trying to get rid of the storage tank that was on a truck here is what new jersey police tell me happened the truck was traveling along route 42 and hit the overpass and that storage tank flew off and there was a multivehicle crash there doesn't appear to be anything inside. it doesn't look like crews are having to clean anything up. three people were injured according to new jersey state police they were taken to cooper